April 2, early morning.
Bright and early, Xue Yuantong, all packed and ready to go, began urging him nonstop. "If he gets up too late, I'm absolutely riding to school by myself."
Xue Chuchu was making pancakes at the gas stove. Hearing that, she said, "What's the point of making threats in front of me? Why don't you say it at his door?"
Xue Yuantong said, "I don't dare."
Xue Chuchu was speechless.
She pinched up some chopped green onion and spread it evenly over the egg-covered pancake, completely focused.
From the side, Xue Yuantong could see her eyelashes fluttering. They were beautiful.
She sighed with her little mouth. When would she become as pretty as Chuchu?
Then would Jiang Ning still dare act so arrogantly in front of her?
Tongtong sat on a Small Stool with her legs pressed together and her chin resting in both hands, imagining herself becoming a great beauty.
For instance, one day, it poured rain. Her mother humiliated her, Jiang Ning egged her on from the side, and no one at home stood up for her. Fine, fine, fine! In a fit of rage, she ran away from home into the downpour. Years later, when she returned to the River Dam, she had blossomed into a peerless beauty. Her mother and Jiang Ning were stunned and wanted to reconcile with her, but she merely wore an expression that said, Repent. Repent all you want!
Xue Chuchu occasionally glanced over and caught Tongtong's changing expressions. She tentatively asked, "Tongtong, are you...?"
Xue Yuantong's fantasy shattered, and her thoughts returned to reality. She hurriedly wiped the corner of her mouth.
She realized she was still her ordinary self, and for a moment, she felt rather empty.
Just then, Jiang Ning appeared leisurely at the kitchen door.